Word: vessels
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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While it is not a prerequisite to eligibility, applicants for the grade of cadet who have served at sea or who have served as deck officers of sea-going vessels of the United States merchant marine, should file with their applications a certificate or certificates showing such service, from the master of the merchant vessel with whom they have served, or from ship-masters associations, as it is proposed to give applicants credit for such service when satisfactorily shown...
...fifty and much the same line of work is being carried out as last year, although thoroughly effective work is hampered by the lack of accurate knowledge of the conditions and needs of sailors. Those in charge have, therefore, decided to aid in taking a census of sailors. Every vessel which comes to the wharf is boarded and, in conversation with the sailors, as much as possible is ascertained of their early life, wages, method of hiring, taste, means of improvement, etc. These are tabulated for future use. At the same time is extended an invitation to visit the reading...
...Roche, Jr., '99, who injured his leg in the 100 yards dash in the dual games with U. of P., has been confined to his room since that time. The nature of the injury is not positively known. At first it was thought that he had ruptured a blood vessel, but as there has been no swelling or discoloration of his leg, he probably stretched or strained one of the muscles. This injury will prevent him from running in the Yale games next Saturday, but it is possible that he will be able to compete in the intercollegiate games...
...north, this intrepid explorer, finding his vessel, the "Fram," solidly frozen in the ice, started with one companion, Johansen, for the unknown regions of the North Pole. They left their vessel, equipped with three sledges, two kyacks, and twenty-eight dogs, with provisions for the dogs for thirty days, and for themselves for one hundred days. When this stock was exhausted they lived on seal, walrus and bear meat, when they could get it. The account of the months these two hardy men spent in the polar regions is most thrilling. When a dog died or fell...
...north, this intrepid explorer, finding his vessel, the "Fram," solidly frozen in the ice, started with one companion, Johansen, for the unknown regions of the North Pole. They left their vessel, equipped with three sledges, two kyacks, and twenty-eight dogs, with provisions for the dogs for thirty days, and for themselves for one hundred days. When this stock was exhausted they lived on seal, walrus and bear meat, when they could get it. The account of the months these two hardy men spent in the polar regions is most thrilling. When a dog died or fell...